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Message: [QUOTE="JeepCSC, post: 2470559, member: 3214"] Not every hire will be slam-dunks, not at UNC, not at Kentucky, and not at UConn. But when you mess up, you can’t double-down or you will be in a death spiral before you know it. IU’s first mistake was hiring Davis, then allowing him 6 years, and the coup de grace was hiring Sampson. And that’s of course ignoring the ship show that was Knight’s final months. That’s a lesson in how not to run a major program. All that said, I’m not suggesting Ollie is Davis though obviously the parallels can be seen if you wish. But keeping him just because is not a good enough reason. If you think a change should be made, you can’t worry about the following step of what is next. IU made a series of bad decisions. But keeping Davis was not the opposite of hiring Sampson. Not hiring Sampson is the opposite of hiring Sampson. Sampson came because they kept Davis as long as they did (and probably because IU officials were drunk). You make a bad decision, mitigate it, and try to make a smarter decision next time. [/QUOTE]